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SAP Solution Brief
SAP Solutions for Small Businesses
and Midsize Companies
SAP Business All-in-One
Adjust quickly to changing
market conditions and lay a
strong foundation for growth
with the SAP® Business
­All-in-One solution. Designed
for midsize companies, this
comprehensive, flexible business management solution
helps integrate and optimize
processes across your entire
company – at an affordable
cost.
Comprehensive Business
­Solutions for Midsize Companies
Optimize Operations and Cut Costs
New Economy – New Challenges
management, product development
and manufacturing, corporate services,
For midsize companies like yours, sucand reporting and analytics.
cess in the current economy depends
•Customer relationship management
on the ability to optimize operations,
(CRM) – Effectively manage all as­increase efficiency, cut costs, and build
pects of your customer relationships,
lasting relationships with customers.
from generating leads to closing a
For example, how do you make sure
deal, including follow-up support
you’re carrying just the right type and
and add-on sales. SAP Business
amount of inventory? How do you make
­All-in-One includes comprehensive
the most out of your limited resources?
functionality for marketing, sales,
How do you redefine your products and
­service, contact center, and reporting.
services so that you can outlast your
•Business intelligence – Gain insight
competitors? How do you attract new
and improve decision making with
customers and retain your existing ones?
tools for financial and operational
­reporting and analysis. SAP Business
An SAP® Business All-in-One solution
All-in-One offers best-practice recan help you improve financial manageports, analytics, and tools to help
ment, maintain operational excellence,
­satisfy the rigorous reporting requireand enhance competitive agility – so
ments for financial accounting, logisyou can manage well in times of ecotics, customer relationship managenomic uncertainty and lay a solid founment, and more – all preconfigured by
dation for growth. This comprehensive
business role and business scenario.
and flexible business management soft- •Best practices – Benefit from the
ware with built-in support for business
SAP Best Practices family of packages,
best practices is designed specifically
which provides proven methods and
for midsize companies looking for an
tools for organizations to implement
­integrated, industry-specific solution to
best business practices in key funcsupport processes across the entire
tional areas and in a range of indusorganization.
tries. With industry-specific configuration, SAP Best Practices is based on
SAP Business All-in-One:
35 years of experience in more than
­Comprehensive and Integrated
25 industries worldwide. The result is
rapid yet reliable solution deployment,
SAP Business All-in-One solutions offer
which translates into less time, lower
the following integrated functionalities:
costs, and reduced project risk.
•Enterprise resource planning (ERP) – •SAP NetWeaver® technology
Effectively manage all aspects of your
­platform – Because SAP Business
operations. The software includes
All-in-One is powered by the SAP
comprehensive functionality for acNetWeaver technology platform, you
counting and financials, sales and
can quickly and cost-effectively add on
­service, procurement and logistics,
to your existing solution as your busi­inventory management, human capital
ness grows and your needs change.
An SAP Business All-inOne solution can help
you improve financial
management, maintain
operational excellence,
and enhance competitive agility – so you can
manage well in times of
economic uncertainty.
•Industry-specific functionality –
Solve your business challenges with
a solution tailored to your specific
­industry. SAP partners deliver valueadded ­solutions and services that
­address your industry’s specific
requirements.
Lay a Solid Foundation for
Your Business
With SAP Business All-in-One, you can
help your organization focus on your
customers and gain key business
benefits.
Improve Financial Management
SAP Business All-in-One enables
you to accelerate financial closes and
increase the accuracy of financial reporting. You can improve your ability
to maintain a set of balanced books
­reflecting any business dimension.
Support for international and local
­accounting standards also helps you
reduce your risk of noncompliance.
The solution allows you to gain deeper
insight into organizational performance
by analyzing revenue and cost information for customers, products, projects,
and services. Overall, you can improve
your management of internal controls
including documentation, assessment,
and testing.
Maintain Operational Excellence
With SAP Business All-in-One, you can
improve your efficiency and effectiveness by streamlining business processes, enhancing service levels, and cutting costs and errors. The solution
enables you to shorten cycle times,
­increase order accuracy, reduce the
volume of customer calls, decrease
­billing disputes, and lower inventory
costs with better order-to-cash processes. You can resolve issues faster
and boost customer satisfaction with
low-cost interaction channels such as
Web-based self-service.
Enhance Agility
SAP Business All-in-One allows you
to respond more quickly to change,
­enhance customer experiences, and
differentiate your company from your
competitors. You can respond quickly
to changing market conditions and
­customer demands by adapting your
business processes. You can quickly
launch new initiatives to speed time to
market. And you can align your channels with your customers’ interaction
needs and preferences to help ensure
consistency and convenience across
all customer touch points. With comprehensive customer insight, you can
drive innovation that differentiates your
products and services.
Unify and Simplify
All the functionality in SAP Business
All-in-One is integrated to simplify your
business and IT landscape across functions, regions, and teams. It supports
streamlined business processes and
enables you to complete a process
from beginning to end. You might, for
example, create an opportunity using
CRM, convert it directly into a quote,
and then later convert it into a sales
­order – complete with product, pricing,
billing, and delivery – using ERP functionality. Business intelligence functionalities give you real-time visibility into
your sales performance throughout the
entire process.
You also benefit from increased visibility. Centralized data and business intelligence help ensure that there is a “single
version of the truth,” providing a
360-degree view of your operations,
employees, and customers.
All functionality in SAP Business
All-in-One is preconfigured for midsize
companies and can reside on a single
server. This helps ensure fast implementation and reduces deployment
cost.
Other advantages of using SAP Business All-in-One include fast adoption,
­increased productivity, and fewer errors.
For example, the integrated software
and common desktop environment help
your employees quickly understand and
use the software. ­Eliminating manual
data reentry between different functional areas also saves time and reduces the risk of errors.
Drive Adoption and Improve
Productivity
SAP Business All-in-One features a
user experience that is designed for
maximum productivity and ease of use.
Users benefit from the following:
•User-friendly design – Intuitive Weblike features, online tutorials, contextual help, and guided procedures help
accelerate adoption and reduce the
need for formal training.
•Automated workflows – Automating
manual processes saves time and
money. You can, for example, generate an automatic alert on all contracts
that are up for renewal or on cus­
tomers with overdue payments. You
can also escalate service requests
for your most important customers
and automatically route tasks between groups and departments.
•Intuitive navigation – Role-based
navigation, screen personalization,
quick links to key data, snapshots of
recent records, key reminders and
alerts, and an advanced search help
­users perform daily tasks more
efficiently.
•Groupware integration – Integration
with desktop tools such as IBM ­Lotus
Notes and Microsoft Office allows
­users to manage their activities and
communications more effectively –
any time, any place. Users can synchronize tasks, appointments, and
e-mails and export customer and
­opportunity lists to Microsoft Excel
for analysis.
Make a Cost-Effective, Long-Term
Investment
With SAP Business All-in-One, you
can have complete confidence in your
investment. SAP Business All-in-One
solutions, whether delivered from SAP
or one of its partners, are configured
to match your business requirements
without customization. Solutions can
be extended to meet your specific
needs, whether you are engaged in
cross-country, cross-currency, or
cross-border trade. You can incorporate additional functionalities to cover,
for example, new business processes,
different trade patterns, new products,
and new users, when needed.
SAP Business All-in-One works with
hardware options from various partners
and with software options that incorporate the SAP MaxDB™ database and
SUSE Linux operating system, reducing your total cost of ownership (TCO).
With these pretested, preconfigured
options, you can eliminate the guesswork and implement an affordable solution for your company. Because SAP
Business All-in-One solutions are powered by the SAP NetWeaver technology platform, you can unify and integrate
both SAP and non-SAP software. You
can therefore be confident that your
IT infrastructure will meet existing
needs and future requirements.
Today more than 13,000 small and midsize customers in more than 50 countries run SAP Business All-in-One. You
can rest assured that SAP, as one of
the world’s leading providers of business software, will be around for a long
time to come. More than 1,000 SAP
partners around the world deliver local
implementation and customization
­support for SAP Business All-in-One,
giving you access to expert assistance
no matter where you are located.
Take the Next Step
You can buy qualified SAP Business
All-in-One partner solutions and industryspecific solutions through the worldwide SAP network of more than 1,000
authorized partners. These partners
combine their business knowledge
and IT expertise to help you purchase,
implement, and support SAP Business
All-in-One.
Additionally, the SAP Business All-in-One
fast-start program offers a simplified
process to scope and implement SAP
Business All-in-One solutions for manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and
service companies. Complete with
­preconfigured, pretested software and
hardware as well as options for lower
­licensing, installation, and operating
costs, the fast-start program reduces
implementation time and TCO.
Learn More
To find out how you can join the thousands of companies that rely on SAP
business solutions to outperform their
competition, call your SAP representative or visit us today at www.sap.com
/solutions/sme/businessallinone.
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Summary
Developed specifically for midsize companies, SAP® Business All-in-One solutions reduce
the effort, cost, time, and complexity associated with implementing a world-class business
management solution. The software lets you deploy core enterprise resource planning
(ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and business intelligence functionality.
It also allows you to leverage the best practices of industry leaders – all at an affordable
fixed price on a platform your business will not outgrow.
Business Challenges
•Keep pace with rapidly evolving market conditions and customer demands
•Reduce the risk and cost of implementing and operating a comprehensive business
­management solution
•Streamline core business processes
•Broaden and deepen your insight into business operations
Key Features
•ERP – Effectively manage financials, human resources, operations, and corporate
services
•CRM – Effectively manage all aspects of customer relationships, from marketing
to sales to service
•Business intelligence – Gain insight and improve decision making with tools for financial
and operational reporting and analysis
•Best practices – Benefit from the SAP Best Practices family of packages, which provides
proven methods for implementing best practices in key functional areas and industries
•SAP NetWeaver® technology platform – Quickly and cost-effectively add on to your
­existing solution as your business grows and your needs change
•Industry-specific functionality – Solve your business challenges with a solution tailored
to your specific industry
Business Benefits
•Improved financial management resulting from an increased accuracy of financial
­reporting, improved ability to maintain records, and deeper insight into organizational
performance
•Greater efficiency and effectiveness thanks to streamlined business processes,
­automated tasks, and fewer errors
•Enhanced agility enabling you to respond more quickly to changing market conditions
and customer demands
For More Information
Call your SAP representative, or visit us today at
www.sap.com/solutions/sme/businessallinone.
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